音色

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Chinese

sound; noise; news
 
colour; dice; look
colour; dice; look; appearance
simp. and trad.
(音色) 		音 色

Pronunciation

Noun

音色

  1. (music) timbre

Japanese

Kanji in this term
音 色
おん
Grade: 1 		しょく
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Kanji in this term
音 色
ね
Grade: 1 		いろ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compare German Klangfarbe (literally “sound-color”) and English tone color.

Pronunciation

Noun

音(ね)色(いろ) or 音(おん)色(しょく) • (neiro or onshoku) 

  1. timbre
    バイオリンの音(ね)色(いろ)
    baiorin no neiro
    the sound of a violin
    • 林芙美子, 『鶴の笛』
      すると、しばらくして、何(なん)ともいえない美(うつく)しい笛(ふえ)の音(ね)色(いろ)がきこえました。
      Suru to, shibarakushite, nan to mo ienai utsukushii fue no neiro ga kikoemashita.
      But then, for a moment, the beautiful sound of a flute could be heard.

Usage notes

  • onshoku is preferred in the field of music, while neiro is the informal, more loosely-used term.

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
音色

Noun

音色 • (eumsaek) (hangeul 음색)

  1. Hanja form? of 음색 (“timbre”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
音色

Noun

音色

  1. chữ Hán form of âm sắc (“timbre”).
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